O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 37-5-5 (2019)

Duty of county board of health to provide community services; district health department to advise families or guardians of developmentally disabled individuals

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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(a) County boards of health shall, subject to limitations herein specified, provide community services and shall employ such personnel as may be needed to serve developmentally disabled individuals in their respective counties. (b) The district health department shall be the source of referral and information for the families or guardians of developmentally disabled individuals providing lifetime advice and guidance and referral to appropriate services.

History

Ga. L. 1972, p. 700, § 5; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-5/HB 228.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Macon Ass’n for Retarded Citizens v. Macon-Bibb County Planning &

Zoning Comm’n, 252 Ga. 484, 314 S.E.2d 218 (1984).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Welfare Laws, §§ 55, 56, 62.

C.J.S. - 57 C.J.S., Mental Health, § 216 et seq.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1984–1984 · leading case: MacOn Ass'n for Retarded Citizens v. MacOn-bibb Cnty. Plan. & Zoning Comm'n, 314 S.E.2d 218 (Ga. 1984).
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MacOn Ass'n for Retarded Citizens v. MacOn-bibb Cnty. Plan. & Zoning Comm'n, 314 S.E.2d 218 (Ga. 1984). · cites it 8× “OCGA § 37-5-5 et seq. (Code Ann. § 99-3305).”
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